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Installing Git on Windows

…Before we can begin using Git, we first need to install it.…Now, we could go to the homepage of the Git open source…project and there we'd find installer files for both Mac and Windows.…But, it's a lot easier to install Git through the…GitHub client,which is also available for both Mac and Windows.…And we're seeing the Windows version of it here.…Now, not only is this going to give us the client that…we'll be using later on in the course, but it's also going to…do a very quick, and stable installation of Git itself, which…is what we're going to use through the command line in this chapter.…

So in this movie I'm going to focus on the…installation and setup of the GitHub client for Windows.…So if you are on a Mac machine,…I recommend going back, and watching the previous movie.…Okay so we are here at windows.github.com and it's a fairly minimal site.…There's a little bit on the features in the interface, and…if you go to Help, there's a file that kind of walks you…through getting started, and some frequently asked questions but for the…

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5/14/2014

GitHub has become the industry-standard version control and publishing platform for web developers, but it's great for designers too. This course shows web designers how GitHub can dramatically improve their workflow and assist in creating and publishing sites. Senior lynda.com author James Williamson shows how to sign up for an account and install GitHub client and Git, the version control system GitHub is based on. He then shows you how to use Github to work with team members and collaborate with contributors to open-source projects.

Topics include:

Creating an account

Installing GitHub

Git basics

Adding files to Git

Checking differences

Creating, switching, and updating branches

Creating a new GitHub repository

Managing files with the GitHub client

Working with collaborators

Skill Level Intermediate

3h 56m

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489,795

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Q: Why can't I create a .nojekyll file?

A: Depending upon your operating system and platform, you may have certain restrictions which make it impossible to create a .nojekyll file through Finder or Windows Explorer. Usually you’ll receive an error message that informs you that files starting with a “.” are system files and that you lack the permissions necessary to create one. If that’s the case, you’ll need to create the file through a Terminal window or bash prompt. Here’s how you do it:

1.Open a Terminal window if you’re on a Mac, or the bash prompt from the Github client if you’re on Windows.

2.Navigate to the repository’s root directory.

3.Type the following at the prompt: $ touch .nojekyll

4.That’s it! The next time you make a commit and push to the master branch you should see your new .nojekyll file.